For students selected to play French horn, baritone and tuba... you will be playing a school owned instrument for a rental fee to the district of $100 per year or $50 per semester. You will will need to attain a mouthpiece and cleaning kit for that instrument as well as some books. Information on those supplies is coming soon!
Students that are selected for baritone and tuba will be getting a secondary instrument for home to practice with which allows them not to have to carry an instrument back and forth each day. These instruments will be assigned in the coming days.
Demorrow Percussion Kit (pictured above)
If you have questions or need assistance please call the band room so we can assist you. (501) 760-6513 or email Mrs. Lane janna.lane@lhwolves.net
Located on this site is a instrument matching tool with a listening game. We'd love for you to try it out and look at some of the videos.
Mr. Shultz sent home forms with the students last week. The instructions are at the bottom of the ledger page. This fundraiser is to help lower the cost of our yearly Band Fees. ALL Middle School Band students benefit from this by helping keep our fees as low as possible for every student. Each child can raise money to contribute specifically to cover the cost of their school instrument rental or any other fee they might have for Band. Hopefully your child will be diligent in keeping up with the minutes they are supposed to practice for each donation. 100 percent of the money stays within our Middle School program. It's a great fundraiser and the kids are doing the work while becoming better musicians!! Thank you for your support!
Beginning Band Winners: Jack Street (1st ), Dora Zhang (2nd) and Kylie Miles (3rd)
Middle School Band Winner: Blayze McBrayer
Beginning Band Concerto Contestants
2nd Period: Dustin Hill - Flute, Dora Zhang - Flute, Lilly Norman - Flute
3rd Period: Cadence Fowler - Baritone, Jayden Glisson - Trombone, Caleb Keen - Tuba, Grant Miller - Percussion, and Jack Street - Trombone
4th Period: Serenity Amundsun - Clarinet, Nichole Baxter - Clarinet, Alison Hernandez - Clarinet, Adilyn Knight - Trumpet, Kylie Miles - Clarinet, and Presley Thum - Trumpet
Middle School Band Concerto Contestants
Ben Blackburn - Alto Sax, Kindle Ewing - Bass Clarinet, Beni Lazar - Baritone, Bryce Lynch - Tuba, Blayze McBrayer - Trumpet, Brionna Poye - Flute, and Faith Smith - Horn
Listen, few people like to practice — it’s like musical homework!
We know that practicing can be a fight that you don’t want or need. We also know that most of you are not musicians and may not know how to help your child be successful in it. That’s ok. It’s not so much WHAT they practice, but THAT they practice, even if it is for just 10 minutes. In your role as a parent, you can make a big difference when it comes to practicing. You don’t have to know anything about their instrument or about music.
What does regular practice look like? For a beginner, shorter, frequent sessions are better. It takes time to develop the ability to practice in a focused, sustained manner. Set a schedule and try and stick to it so they develop a routine. As they work through their materials, prompt them with, “that was great… can I hear that again?” Or, “AWESOME! You should play that for your brother/sister/parent.” You will trick them into practicing without them even knowing it! Sneaky? Yes! But it works!
The key to guided practice is a consistent schedule and repetition. If you can get them to sit down regularly and play things multiple times, the improvement will be significant! Please know that YOU are a crucial part of setting up your child for success in music, and we're here to help you!
December 14th - 7:00 p.m.
HS Auditorium
Beginning Band Students are to report by 6:15 p.m.
By 6:30 p.m. they are to be on the stage for warm up.
Our students show support for national breast cancer awareness day while in band.
If you haven't seen this yet... please check it out. Ordering supplies from the school is easy. Make checks payable to Lake Hamilton Bands and put in a band envelope to turn in to our money box in the middle school band room.
A Christmas Sleighride………..conducted by Mr. Field
Jingle Bells on the Housetop…..conducted by Mr. McHone
Christmas in the Kitchen………conducted by Mr. Tedder
High Hopes..............................Matt Conaway
Aruba Tuba..................................Timothy Loest
featuring Tubas: Brody Conner, Preston Garrett, Brody Murders, Colton Pierce, and Jackson TipkenPrehistoric Suite.............................Paul Jennings
Mvt. 1 - Stegosaurus (The Gladiator), Mvt. 2 - Brontosaurus (Gentle Giant), Mvt. 3 - Pterodactyls (Graceful Giants of the Sky), & Mvt. 4 - The Battle (Tyrannosaurus vs. Triceratops)Up On the Housetop..............................Michael Sweeney
Not So Silent Night..................................Sean O'Loughlin
A Snowy Christmas Day.............................Jerry Williams
Interested in a video of the performance? Just email bryan.field@lhwolves.net for a link.
2nd Division
1st Division
With Honors
2nd Division
1st Division
With Honors
2nd Division
1st Division
With Honors
Congratulations! 6th Grade Concerto Winners!
6th grade - Overall Winner & Top Brass - Justin Chen
Top Woodwind- Haley Toennis
Top Percussionist- Larry Morales